I've been looking forward to seeing this lad in the 1st team for ages now but Moyes just doesn't seem to be interested in him.. maybe he's seen something that says he's just not good enough... or maybe he thinks it's too soon..

Seems very odd though when we're playing palyers taht are clearly shit (Anichebe) and palyer so badly off form (Bily, Arteta) etc... that he doesn't even give the lad 10 minutes at the end to make a name for himself..

I was sure he'd come on last week against Sunderland when we were 2-0 up & cruising.. but STILL no ..

Could be a Coleman kind of player, needing time to develop. Even Seamus has gone off the boil after a pretty impressive introduction.We just don't seem capable of getting our 2 or 3 pacey players around the sides, and it just needs some simple tactics at times, and the ability for some players to read each other.Anyway, if the lad doesn't get a crack of the whip with so many players missing, there is little down for him other than a loan.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:How did he get along against Villa? The highlights I saw were somewhat limited (MOTD).

he did alright looks full of confidence and seems to have a good left foot, looks like he could be a good player for us but also looks like the sort of player who's going to go missing quite often against more physical/route one teams. wasn't afraid to run at defenders, has a bit of pace and a good left foot.

I do think people are getting a bit over excited about him and Vellios as there's little else to look forward to now this season, but they do look like if they'd be worth a bit of playing time before the end of the season.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:How did he get along against Villa? The highlights I saw were somewhat limited (MOTD).

he did alright looks full of confidence and seems to have a good left foot, looks like he could be a good player for us but also looks like the sort of player who's going to go missing quite often against more physical/route one teams. wasn't afraid to run at defenders, has a bit of pace and a good left foot.

I do think people are getting a bit over excited about him and Vellios as there's little else to look forward to now this season, but they do look like if they'd be worth a bit of playing time before the end of the season.

at the prem level you have to be willing and bale to track back and cover, not just go forward, so hopefully that's what Moyes has been working on with him all this time.

It's always difficult to assess the young lads coming through to play in the first team, we effectively had five of the youth team in the squad today and it's going to take time and experience for them to make the transition to full blown premier league players, in fact I was amazed so many got on the field yesterday, i shows either that we have faith in them, or, more likely, that moyes feels we won't be buying anyone so he has to rush them through

Sack the Juggler wrote:It's always difficult to assess the young lads coming through to play in the first team, we effectively had five of the youth team in the squad today and it's going to take time and experience for them to make the transition to full blown premier league players, in fact I was amazed so many got on the field yesterday, i shows either that we have faith in them, or, more likely, that moyes feels we won't be buying anyone so he has to rush them through

Or, rathermore simply, that 5-6 of our first team players are injured.